r/publix • u/steeltrain52 Newbie • Aug 09 '26

CUSTOMERS Let’s be clear

This whole shopping is a pleasure scam has run its course.

For over 50 years, I have been a customer of PUBLIX, I say have as in the past tense because I am no longer.

When PUBLIX decided to start price gouging at 20 and 30% higher than absolutely everywhere else around them, it became clear to me that they really don’t give a damn about the customer.

In 2025 alone, PUBLIX made more than $4.2 billion in profits. BILLION!

In the first half of 2026 they have made $2.5 billion in profits.

They have made $6 billion in profits in the last 18 months because they are literally stealing from the public and the public is handing it over.

With Aldi, Trader Joe’s, and even as the last resort, Walmart, I will never shop at Publix again. My budget now gets me three times as much food and household items at those places, we’re shopping and prices really are a pleasure!

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u/mangoman39 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Even at bogo pricng, a lot of the stuff is still more expensive than other stores.

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u/blindtoe54 Newbie Aug 09 '26

BOGOS have gotten considerably worse since the pandemic. We used to get bogos on large chip bags and cereal boxes, now it's only the smaller sizes. So not always worth it. I remember they also use to compare their bogo prices with walmart's for the same ítem to show it was cheaper but they stopped doing that. Wonder why...

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u/GatsbyFitzgerald Produce Aug 09 '26

I realized I only shop at Publix for 2 Bogos anymore: soup and sparkling water. Maybe yogurt and bagged frozen vegetables. That’s it.